Sunday, 12 April 2015
Sunday, 5 April 2015
A video made by students at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
A video "Something about us" prepared by the Erasmus+ team in Poland.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Professor E.Hontolidou talks to the students of 28th High School of Thessaloniki about Holocaust.
On Friday
27th March, 2015 Mrs Eleni
Hontolidou, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, visited our school and met the students
participated in the project and the students of A2 class. Mrs Hontolidou talked
about Holocaust and particularly the Jewish population of Thessaloniki and
their extermination by the Nazis. Τhe students had the chance to pose their questions and get answers. Mrs
Hontolidou talked to them about racism and xenophobia in the past and nowadays. There has been also
much talk about the economic crisis and its potential consequences mainly on
the political field.
Sunday, 22 March 2015
28th High School of Thessaloniki participates in the commemorative march "Never again"
On Sunday 15th March a commemorative march under the title “Never again” was held in Thessaloniki for the 72nd anniversary of the departure of the first train from Thessaloniki to the concentration camps of Auschwitz. Starting from the Holocaust memorial at Eleftherias (Liberty) Square more than 2000 people headed for the old train station of the city where people left flowers on the railway tracks. Our school participated in the ceremony presenting a dramatization of the poem Fugue of death byPaul Celan. The 11 students under the inspired direction of the teacher Z. Spanos managed to convey the message of the poem and deeply touched the audience.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
The logo contest winners at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
The logo contest winners and some other works of students from Gimnazjum nr 9 im Jana Pawła II.
A meeting with witnesses of history at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
On the 30th January 2015 we had the pleasure to host two witnesses of
history, citizens of Sosnowiec, Mrs. Halina Skalbmierska and her cousin Mr.
Adolf Kasprzyk, who at the time of II World War were teenagers. They told us a
tragic story of their family who suffered as a result of their parents’ active
resistance against Nazi occupants. They described their stay at labour camps
and different types of resistance movements in Sosnowiec during II World War.
The story of the family will serve as resources for the lesson plan in
the first didactic unit. We are very grateful that Mrs. Skalbmierska and Mr.
Kasprzyk agreed to spend time with our students and teach them a very special
history lesson.
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Spanish Week at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
From 22nd to 28th January a Spanish week was organized in order to acquaint students with Spanish culture, music, film, dance, traditions, geography, sport, great Spaniards. Before the Spanish week started all students were informed about the programme so that they could prepare themselves. All classrooms were described in Spanish and everywhere in the corridors students could find Spanish expressions. On 22nd January Spanish dance was first introduced. Students learned Flamenco during breaks and danced to other Spanish hits. Students could learn sequences of movements prepared by one of the students who is a professional dancer throughout the whole week. On 23rd January a Poland –Spain football match was held. The Spanish team was represented by students from classes I c and II b. Polish team was comprised of students from classes II a, b and c. The match resulted in a draw 2:2. On 26th January students learned about Spanish holidays and interesting traditions such as Encierro through posters and PowerPoint presentation. On 27th January students watched Spanish movies by Pedro Almodovar and Carlos Saura. Throughout the whole week students listened to Spanish music during breaks, each class had to prepare a poster related to a chosen Spanish topic and a presentation about Spain. At the end of the week a contest was organized which tested the knowledge that students gained about Spain during the Spanish week.
Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec placed a banner on the school's building.
At the beginning of January 2015 Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II placed a banner on the school's building to advertise the project.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Meeting at IES Tirant Lo Blanc with Professor Miguel Ors Montenegro
On 6th February we held a meeting with Professor Miguel Ors Montenegro, who visited our school and explained our 3th ESO students, involved in the project, the consequences of the Francois repression in our city, Elche. It was quite excited because the professor talked about three people, some of them known by some students, who lived and faced the repression. It was specially emotive to know the life of Don Julio María López Orozco, who we will present in the Italian meeting.
Friday, 6 February 2015
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
How is the Holocaust taught in schools worldwide? UNESCO REPORT
How is the Holocaust taught in schools worldwide? Are textbook representations of the Holocaust complete and accurate? What do textbooks tell us about the status of the Holocaust internationally?
UNESCO and the George Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research have published an ambitious new study - International Status of Education about the Holocaust: A Global Mapping of Textbooks and Curricula (ISEH) - comparing ways in which the Holocaust is presented in curricula and textbooks worldwide. It shows where Holocaust education stands today in secondary school level history and social studies curricula, through analyses of 272 curricula from 135 countries, and 89 textbooks published in 26 countries since 2000.
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Ege Erkul: the winner logo contest in Metod Koleji Ankara
The pupil EGE ERKUL is the Turkish winner. Congratulations on winning the logo contest in Metod Koleji!
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
SUMMARY OF SEMINAR ATTENDED BY THE PARTNERS FROM THESSALONIKI LYCEUM 28º
28th Senior High School of Thessaloniki, Greece
Summary on the seminars
Motivated by the topic of our project, teachers of our school attended two seminars about teaching Holocaust in Greece.
The first one (11-12 December) was organized by the Jewish Museum of Greece and the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, while the second one (19-21 December) was held by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The aim of both seminars was to propose effective methods of communicating such a difficult subject as Holocaust. Apart from an overview of the history of Jewish presence in Thessaloniki and their annihilation during the WWII, the seminar speakers focused on the education methodology: According to this methodology the teacher should not only trigger deep emotional reactions and empathy of the students but also try to develop political awareness. The ultimate educational goal should be to form active and responsible citizens, able to recognize and resist to totalitarian ideologies with the hope that such a dark age of human history will never be repeated.
During the two seminars various educational tools were proposed, covering a large range of mediums: films, (documentaries and movies) testimony videos, photographs, products of art such as paintings, songs, works of literature etc. Teachers should make a careful choice according to the age of their pupils and their specific aim, keeping in mind that much of what occurred during the Holocaust seems too horrible to imagine.
Taking into account that Holocaust education does not consist part of Greek curriculum and there are only short references in History text books, these seminars were valuable for us in order to integrate suitable activities to the Erasmus project. Two teachers (Zaharias Spanos and Theodora Glaraki) participated to the first seminar and 5 teachers (Anna Doiranli,, Despina Demiri, Lia Lefaki, Magda Mintsiori and Theodora Glaraki)to the second one.
More information about the second seminar in the following links:
Theodora Glaraki
Monday, 12 January 2015
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
European Christmas Eve at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
We believe
that Erasmus programme is also for sharing cultures. Therefore, a special
ceremony was held before Christmas holidays at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II
in Sosnowiec. Traditionally students organize Christmas meetings with tutors
and exchange Christmas greetings. This year,
in order to acquaint students with
Christmas and New Year traditions of our partners, students prepared a European Christmas Eve, where traditions of
all participating countries were presented.
We learned
about Christmas dishes, listened to carols and tasted some of traditional sweets.
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